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How Avoiding Painful Emotions Can Lead to a Smaller Life

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“Being cut off from our own natural self-compassion is one of the greatest impairments we can suffer.” ~Gabor Mate Most of us avoid experiences not necessarily because we don’t like them or want them, but because we don’t want to feel how we will feel when we go through that experience.

Our lives become altered by the emotions we don’t want to feel because we don’t want to move toward the thing that could bring strong emotions like fear, shame, sadness, or disappointment.

We don’t want to go to that party because we’ll probably feel awkward and embarrassed. We don’t want to chase that work opportunity in case we feel disappointed if it doesn’t work out.

We don’t want to take that trip because it might feel scary. We don’t want to slow down our busy lives because it feels too terrifying to contemplate emptiness and quiet.

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